Collaborations

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carnivores	fish	bats	primates

 

Carnivores
	Jaime Tanner, Kay Holekamp, Sharleen Sakai and the biomesh lab use FEA to investigate the potential function of the unique elongated frontal sinus in spotted hyenas as well as to document ontogenetic changes in force distribution throughout the skull during biting. more...

	Graham Slater, Blaire Van Valkenburgh and the biomesh lab study the effects of variation in craniofacial morphology on performance of canid skulls during prey killing. more...

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	Lisa Whitenack, Phil Motta and Dan Simkins use finite element modeling and in vitro testing to investigate the function of shark teeth.

	Dominique Adriens, Hon Fai Choi and the biomesh lab built models of the crania of the rice paddy eel (Pisodonophis boro) and the spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi) to study stress in the neurocranium among burrowning and non-burring forms.  more...

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	Betsy Dumont and Ian Grosse use bats as a model system to investigate the relationship between loading behavior during feeding and variation in skull shape.

primates
	Caitlin Schrein, Mark Spencer and Bill Kimbel are using FE modeling to study the the effects of sexual dimorphism on the distribution of masticatory loads in the hominoid skull.